I rushed to class because I was late after all Agatha did to get me early to school. The Spanish class was going on already and I knew Spanish as well as I knew English and Yoruba so I made sure I paid keen attention to the lesson and it got my teacher’s attention.

When the class was over, he sent for me and I rushed to answer his call. He complimented me for my smartness and told me to keep up with it. I was excited because for a first day, I made quite an impression. Next, I went in for my other lessons and the remarks kept coming. My first day at school was exciting.

At the end of the day, I met Duce again and this time I seemed so uninterested and no longer captivated by his nice looks. Nevertheless, I made sure I was polite when he approached me again. However, I had to rush off because the driver had been waiting for close to ten minutes.

He opened the door for me and rushed to drive off again. This time I asked why he drove with so much speed and he told me he was under strict orders to bring me home on time. I did not know what I was in for at this point. I did not know if I was being groomed to be a soldier or I was merely pursuing my scholarship program.

On getting home, I saw Agatha reading a newspaper in the living room. I greeted as I would greet every elder I meet wherever I am. Yet, she responded with a question “why did you keep your driver waiting?” I did not have an answer to that so I apologised.

I headed to my room, took a shower and came down to have launch. While we had launch, Agatha told me I won’t be going back to school. Now I was totally lost. When I asked why, she told me she had a couple of businesses she wanted me to oversee on her behalf. Agatha knew I had no qualifications to run whatever business yet she insisted I ran her businesses.

By curiosity, I asked her what line of businesses she wanted me to run and she told me not to ask any further questions and told me to hand her the phone I was using.

At this juncture, I could not help but smell something fishy.

TO BE CONTINUED…